Tilting headlight for small automobiles



Mrch 1926.

P. R; COLLIER TILTI'NG HEADLIGHT FOR SMALL AUTOMOBILES Filed Sept. 5,1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l llatented` il,

1,575,413 OFFICE E MUL 1? CULLER, 0F WXSSAHICKON, FENNEYLVANL@Application filed September 5, 1923. Serial No. GSKLBM.

mobiles, ot which the following is a speci# catior'i. l My inventionrelates to a novel construclo tion ot tilting headlights and actuatingmechanism therefor for small automobiles, which can be readily adaptedto automobile side channels and their adjuncts of any standard orconventional type, and comprises a 'front headlight shaft or rod whichis rotatably mounted in suitable bearings and adapted to be actuated bya direct pull upon suitable actuating means, which maypass through theinstrument board of the autd mobile Vor it desired can be actuated bythe drivers cot.

lt turther consists ot novel means for enabling my invention readily tobe attached to existing small automobiles, without alteration.

ltiurther consists of a novel tension or resetting; device anda novelmeans 'for se surin the same in position. lt l'urther consists of othernovel features 0l construction and advantage, all as will hereinafter beset orth and pointed outV in the claim.

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For the purpose oli illustrating my inven-V have shown in theaccompanying drawings a 'typical embodiment thereof Awhich is at.present preferred by me, since this embodiment will be found in practiceto give satisfactory and reliable results, It is, however, to beunderstood that the varions instrumcntalities-ot which our inventionconsists can be variously arranged and organized and that my inventionis not limited to the precise arrangement and or f ganization of theseinstrumentalites. as here' 1n shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of an automobile having thereontilting headlights and actuating; mechanism therefor, embodyinir myinvention.

ligure 2 represents a side elevation of Fig-ure 1, certain ot the partsbeing broken away for the salie of clear-ness of illustration. f ,Figure3 represents on an enlarged scale a side elevation oi a portion of theheadlight actuating mechanism and tension devices therefor.

Figure l. represents a rear elevation of Figure 3.

Figure 5 represents on an enlarged scale a side elevation of'a handle orlever for actuating or tilting the headlights, showing the means forlocking the samel in various positions.

Figure 6 represents a front elevation of Figure 5, Figure 7 represents aperspective, dia- `grammatic :View oi' the operating mechanism fortilting the headlights.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts. h

Referring 'to the drawings 1 designates a radiator of an automobile,

and 2 the side frames'or side channels theren for. 3 designates theinstrument board, and et the lamps or tilting headlights, which aremounted upony the arms or .brackets `5 through the upperportion of whichpasses the horizontally disposed headlight shaft 6. 7 designates the.tilting arm, or crank for tilting the headlights, which is secured tastin position upon the shalt 6, by means or a screw 15. 8 designatesbearings at the upper end of the arms or bracket-s 5,`in which the shait6 is rotatably mounted. 9 designates the hand lever, and 10 the'forwardly extending rod, whose rear end lis pivotally attached to thelever 9 the forward end of said rod 10 being pivotally attached to thetilting arm 7. 1l designates a spring have ing its upper end attached tothe arm 17, While its lower end is attached'to the eye 12 which passesthrough the side channels 2 andhas its lower end threaded as at 18, andprovided with an adjusting nut 19. 13 designates the fender braces. Theinstrument board 3 is provided with aface plate 113, through which thehand lever 9 passes, the` latter being .provided with notches 14 on theside thereof, which are adapted to engage said tace plate'lG. i

lt will be vunderstood in assembling my novel device, that the brackets5 replace the original rigid brackets, the upper ends of said bracketscarrying the members 22 which are screwed into or otherwise fastened tothe lamps or headlights ll, said brackets bc- -1 It will be understoodthat a pull on the hand lever 9 causes a pull on the rod 10v the lampsare .tilted forwardly or do\vn- Wardly to the desired extent, it will beevident that a tension Will be imparted to the spring 11, so that whenthe hand lever 9 is released, the tension of the spring 1l will causethe lamps and their adjuncts instanth7 to assume their normal position.N Vhile I have shown the rod l0 as adapted to he manually operated, itwill be evident that it can be foot operated, if desired.

It will be apparent that my device can he readily attached to small carsof any conventional or standard type by merely installing the bracketsand the tension devices 11 and their adjuncts in position and it will befound to be effective and durable in oper- Vation and Will not readilyget out of order.

It will now be apparent that I have devised new and usei'ul tiltingheadlights for sm'all automobiles which embodies the teatures ofadvantage enumerated as desirable in thestatement of the invent-ion andthe 'above description, and while I have, in the presentiiistance,-sliown and dessrribcd a preferred embodiment thereof whichwill give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to beunderstood that the same is p susceptible to modification in variousparticulars without departing Jfrom the spirit or scope ot the inventionoi' sacrificing any ot 40' In a'device of the character stated au in 15strument hoard having a hole therethrough, and a face plate boltedthereon, said .plate having an aperture therein in register with 'thehole in saidvinstruiiient board, a handw pull lever positioned in saidholes and hav- 50 ing ratchet teeth therein, adapted to engage with theinner edge of the holes lin said face plate, a vehicle frame, bracketsniounted tiereon; a head-light shaft rotatably mounted in the upper endof said brackets,

headlights mounted on said shaft and inev-f able iii unison therewith, aCrank arm fast on said headlight shaft, a. connection 'from said crankariii to said hand-pull lever positioned in said instrument board, whichrodis pivoted to said hand-pull lever, a lateral arm proJecting tronisaid shaft, an eye adjustably mounted in said vehicle frame, a

spring intermediate said arm and eye, and an adjusting nut for said eye.v

PAUL R. COLLIER.

